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The UNCW Global Student Ambassador Scholarship carries a financial reward worth USD 2,000 (INR 1.7 L), & aims to reward international students who are willing to take on the responsibilities that come with being a Global Student Ambassador of the UNC Wilmington.

The Ambassador is a student representative of the institute at important community events & collaborates with ambassadors from other institutes, acting as a voice of the student community, with the purpose to communicate their needs.

University of North Carolina Wilmington acceptance rate stands at 74%, making it somewhat selective at admitting students to its courses.

However, it is still relatively easier to secure admissions at than University of Tennessee whose acceptance rate of 23.7% makes it nearly three times as tough to secure admissions at than UNC Wilmington.

UNC Wilmington & UNC Charlotte are both part of the University of North Carolina institutional network. The table below gives a better look at how each institute compares with each other based on some key parameters:

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is a popular recruitment destination for a number of top organizations in the USA.

Deloitte, Cisco, Amazon, Red Hat, Lenovo, PPD are among some notable names known to recruit UNCW graduates.

Some graduates have also found job opportunities as part of the university campus itself.

Yes, IELTS is considered an acceptable test score for admissions at UNC Wilmington. The language test score requirements are applicable to international students who have not pursued their education from an institute with first language being English or do not satisfy the minimum SAT or ACT score requirement.

UNCW also accepts TOEFL, Duolingo, Pearson & iTEP Academic as valid test scores.

The test score requirements for PG student vary with courses, for UG students, these are listed below:

A comparison of University of Southern California with Arizona State University over the years for the Financial Times MBA rankings is given below.

UNC Wilmington attains a global university rank #763 as per Global University Rankings, rolled out by Shiksha.

On a national-level, UNCW ranks #251, while its courses also perform reasonably as part of the latest Shiksha course-specific rankings, as seen below:

Duke University, based in Durham, North Carolina is considered the #1 university in the region, as per the latest rankings of the top colleges & universities in North Carolina, USA, given by Shiksha.

Duke, not part of the Ivy League, is considered among the best higher educational institutes in the country & cemented by the fact that on a country-level it ranks #17, while also ranking #35 globally as per Shiksha rankings.

Financial Times Rankings is known to publish Business School and MBA rankings for universities since 1999. University of Southern California has been ranked at #50 according to the Financial Times MBA rankings 2025. Some of the other FT MBA rankings of the university are given as follows:

The annual cost of studies at UNCW varies as per the choice of the course & the type of the accommodation a student opts for.

The estimated cost of attendance for UG degree international students is around INR 40.8 L, while the same figure for PG degree students is around INR 39.94 L.

This includes all the costs associated with studies & living as part of the University of North Carolina in Wilmington.